Saturday, June 18, 2011

Foreign Floozy -- Quiz Quilt 231 Solution

Category Answers:
History
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Government
NORIEGAManuel Noriega was sentenced to forty years in prison and remains a prisoner of war despite an early release on September 9, 2007.
Literature
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Arts
EXCALIBURThe Lady of the Lake gave the "steel cutter" to him.
Geography
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Nature
CANBERRAThe location of the new city had been selected in 1908 to replace Melbourne.
Math
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Science
ANGSTROMThe unit was named for Swedish physicist Anders Jonas Angstrom, a pioneer in spectroscopy.
Sports
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Games
JAMAICAOther famous Jamaicans include sprinters Linford Christie and Ben Johnson, singer Bob Marley, and supermodel Naomi Campbell.
Entertainment
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Food
REYNOLDSFormer Florida State halfback Burt Reynolds played J.J. McLure in the first two Cannonball Run movies but did not appear in Speed Zone!, the second sequel.

Quiz Quilt Answer: ABROAD (Seventh letters going down)

"Floozy" means prostitute, which was one of the original meanings of "broad" when referring to females.

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